Reducing strength prevailing at root surface of plants promotes reduction of Ag+ and generation of Ag(0)/Ag2O nanoparticles exogenously in aqueous phase.

Potential of root system of plants from wide range of families to effectively reduce membrane impermeable ferricyanide to ferrocyanide and blue coloured 2,6-dichlorophenol indophenol (DCPIP) to colourless DCPIPH2 both under non-sterile and sterile conditions, revealed prevalence of immense reducing...

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Main Authors: Peddisetty Pardha-Saradhi, Gupta Yamal, Tanuj Peddisetty, Peddisetty Sharmila, Shilpi Nagar, Jyoti Singh, Rajamani Nagarajan, Kottapalli S Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25184239/?tool=EBI